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EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… was initially successful to such an extent that the colonial Germans urgently requested reinforcements in order … Africa, where he served as commander of the…
Journals
… Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians … the journal was shared with the discipline of Cultural History and was named "The…
Interview with Ari Sitas, Of Socialism and Dentures by Jonathan Mandel, 10-11 April 2015
… on the movement of material and symbolic goods, slaves, women and music in the period before European ascendance. … Further, he and others had researched…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… century, it was regarded as a stronghold of capitalist and colonial values. The establishment of other suburbs further … to the south of the Main Reef early…
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … of the world which had been conquered and converted into…
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
… of Queenstown where sterling work has been done by African women. NATAL . Determined hard work has been carried out by … Executive has interested itself in…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… topics were attended mostly by men, and occasionally by women. The Bloemfontein Literary and Debating Society … croquet, dancing, roller skating and reading…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… in honour of Black (specifically the Barolong) men and women who died in the Anglo Boer War. It also has a monument … adults, and displays concentrating on…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… cover are considered by the Ndebele to be the work of men. Women will assist with some of this labour, such as the … of the structure however falls directly…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… of the most powerful international solidarity movements in history, a model that has subsequently been used to weaken or … now began to cultivate students,…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political … These societies attempted to resist the…
May Day
… the wage system, is only several hundred years old. Men, women and children forced to work long hours in miserable … elections of 1994. South Africa's mining…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… University, where she is pursuing a double major in History and Human Rights. Born and raised in Texas, she would … Political Science and International…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town Cape Town, 27 November 1997
… to our economy, but in its involvement in our country's history. It was here, three centuries ago, that sailor from … the scene of stirring resistance from…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… African economic complex and that the harsh fact of history and geography cannot be obliterated, for obvious … those killed were South African refugees,…
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
… to address the topic we have been given. When students of history look back to the past few years, I am sure that they … mercilessly killed and maimed…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… Chiefs proved they were willing to be co-opted by the colonial rulers at the expense of their subjects. The … ended in chaos and police officials were…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 31 … is obvious that the more acute grows…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… never forget what I saw on 9 August 1956 ”” thousands of women standing in silence for a full thirty minutes, arms … ”” is a small part, but nevertheless a…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… class: domestic, farm workers, labour broker workers and women. It looked at improving working hours, maternity leave, … clause in the Constitution. In…
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… class origin, sex, or age - in favour of human dignity. History will never forget the role that Olof Palme played in … against the right of the peoples to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972
… South Africa and the then Protectorates, a new era in the history of our people had been ushered in, the era of … colonialist plunder, have risen on the…
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Indian Patriotic Union was comprised mainly of non-trader…
The War
… animals like horses, cattle and sheep, killed. Children, women and black people were put in concentration camps. … war there were more than 40 camps housing…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… Gazette. This Ordinance requires every Indian man, women and child of eight years and above, to register his or … (Gandhi'ss Secretary) address a meeting of…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… in order to undo the oppression which resulted from colonial domination. They also advocate for free education, …
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… 1914 1919 The British government passes the Rowlatt Act in colonial India, indefinitely extending the use of 'emergency …
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… to be prestigious institutions in Langa, especially for women. The Women’s Christian Association (uManyano wabafazi) … an opportunity to reflect on the…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… Monnakgotla at Boons or Molote. This feature explores the history of Bakwena ba Mogopa, who, on the eve of the … siblings that took this option, there is…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… Cape Town, I thought we should pay some attention to the history of our people, many of whom lived in this part of our … the vision of liberty and democracy…